September 2008 Security Bulletin Release

As announced last week, Microsoft released four Security Bulletins, each deemed Critical. Complete information is available in Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for September 2008 and the individually linked Bulletins below.

For a "behind the scenes" look at two of Security Bulletings MS08-052 and MS08-055, see the reports at the Microsoft Security Vulnerability Research & Defense Team blog:

• MS08-052: Explaining the Windows Side-By-Side Cache
• MS08-055: Microsoft security response process, behind the scenes

MS08-052

• Vulnerabilities in GDI+ Could Allow Remote Code Execution, KB 954593

MS08-053

• Vulnerability in Windows Media Encoder 9 Could Allow Remote Code Execution, KB 954156

MS08-054

• Vulnerability in Windows Media Player Could Allow Remote Code Execution, KB 954154

MS08-055

• Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution, KB 955047

References:

MSRT: Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool
MSRC BLog: September 2008 Bulletin Monthly Release
TechNet: Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for September 2008

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